Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. ZIM scored 58.7, SKYW scored 68.4 — SKYW leads.
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Different reporting periods. SKYW's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but ZIM's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
ZIM
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.
Marine Shipping · Quality-Growth
58.7
$29.99 · $3.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
9.7
SKYW leads
SKYW
SkyWest, Inc.
Airlines · Quality-Growth
68.4
$96.52 · $3.7B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestSKYW9.6x
Fastest growthSKYW+9.1%
Strongest balance sheetSKYW0.86
Highest qualitySKYW71 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueZIM-84%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
ZIM
stronger →← stronger
SKYW
69
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
71
44
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
67
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
91
SKYW is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
ZIM
SKYW
$2.1bB
FCF
$909mC+
-18.1%F
Rev
+9.1%B
1.37C
D/E
0.86C+
26.3xB
P/E
9.6xA
—
PEG
1.66C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
ZIM
SKYW
84% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
69% below
decline
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-20%/yr
+597%
1-yr DCF upside
+187%
+522%
5-yr DCF upside
+224%
+433%
10-yr DCF upside
+284%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
ZIM
No notable signals flagged.
SKYW
Why this score
Buying back stock
Cyclical growth
The companies
ZIMZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.
Marine Shipping · $29.99 · beta 1.16
Why now
Marine Shipping · market cap $3.6b. 3% off the 52-week high of $30.96. Revenue -18% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 4 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $27.80 (implying -7% upside).
Moat
ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income.
Risk
Revenue contracting -18% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line.
SKYWSkyWest, Inc.
Airlines · $96.52 · beta 1.48
Why now
Airlines · market cap $3.7b. 18% off the 52-week high of $117.72. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $125.33 (implying +30% upside).
Moat
ROE 15% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income.
Risk
Beta 1.48 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where ZIM and SKYW diverge
On the headline score the gap is 9.7 points in favor of SKYW. The widest single difference is Value, where SKYW leads by 23.5 points.
ValueZIM 67.4 · SKYW 90.9SKYW +23.5
GrowthZIM 43.5 · SKYW 50.0SKYW +6.5
QualityZIM 69.0 · SKYW 70.5level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is SKYW or ZIM the better stock?
SKYW scores higher: SKYW 68.4, ZIM 58.7 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do SKYW and ZIM differ most?
The widest gap is value, where SKYW leads by 24 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. SKYW also leads growth, while quality is effectively level between them.
How are SKYW and ZIM scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.